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Hairyloon



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 21, 15 10:29 pm    Post subject: Books... Reply with quote
    

What do you do with a box of books that are too tatty to go to the charity shop?
I'm thinking "bin", but I think I may get lynched for thinking that...

jamanda
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 21, 15 10:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Recycling.

dpack



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 21, 15 10:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

fuel

cheap paper has little content except wood fibres ,if it is glossy there is a bit of clay (but less than oilshale)

books burn well

allegedly there are 3/4 of a million tons of unwanted books (mostly mills n boon remainders )in the foundations of the birmingham northern relief rd (ms toll) . a combo of scam and green activism can be an investment for the future

Hairyloon



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 21, 15 10:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Jamanda wrote:
Recycling.

I did mean the recycling bin.

wellington womble



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 21, 15 10:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Well, if you can build houses out of straw...

sean
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 21, 15 10:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

wellington womble wrote:
Well, if you can build houses out of straw...


Then you can build a castle out of books...

Hairyloon



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 21, 15 10:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

wellington womble wrote:
Well, if you can build houses out of straw...

I'd want to use quality books for construction.

Rob R



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 21, 15 11:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Hairyloon wrote:
wellington womble wrote:
Well, if you can build houses out of straw...

I'd want to use quality books for construction.


Use these for bedding, then.

dpack



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 21, 15 11:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

at about £40 a tonne they are a decent fuel with the proper hearth

dpack



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 21, 15 11:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

they can be more expensive but that is the buyer price to work with

Falstaff



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 21, 15 11:47 pm    Post subject: Re: Books... Reply with quote
    

Hairyloon wrote:
What do you do with a box of books that are too tatty to go to the charity shop?
I'm thinking "bin", but I think I may get lynched for thinking that...


Are they such rubbish titles that nobody will pay you anything to read them ?

Hairyloon



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 21, 15 11:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dpack wrote:
at about £40 a tonne...

Where from?

Andrea



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 22, 15 12:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I use old books to line the animals sheds. As many are the kids' old school books I like to think that I'm providing my animals with a decent education.

dpack



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 22, 15 3:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

with jackets ,boards,photo pages etc they count as mixed paper and jan's wholesale bought prices were £35 to 50 pmt at the mill gate

graded as good condition (ie all the pages) they are about £1200 to1800 for a 20ft shipping container load which is a little bit more but still cheaper per calorie than most fuels

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